This is a complete water pump that we brought it with us from our Missouri farmhouse when we moved to our Illinois farmhouse several years ago.

The pump stood between our shed and the house. I never could decide what I wanted to do with it, but I have such sweet memories of our time in that house, that I knew wanted to something special with it.

I decided to make a few repairs and turn it into decor for our front yard.

Reclaimed Farmhouse Water Pump

The bolts holding the faucet were loose, but too rusted to remove, so we cut them off and replaced them with galvanized steel bolts.

Dig post hole for 4×4

We dug out a hole and sunk a 4 x 4 post into it. Then filled the bottom of the hole with concrete.

The pump was positioned on top of the post and the hole filled with dirt.

Make necessary repairs

The metal handle was missing the original wood. So we drilled a hole through the center of a dowel and cut it in half to fit around the metal handle. I stained the wood pieces then used E600 to glue it together.

Then came the fun part …

I planted flowers around the base and put cedar mulch around the plants to help control weeds. We plan to put an edge around it to contain the mulch also, but haven’t gotten that done yet.

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Mary, I would have loved to have turned it into a fountain and we may do it some day, but getting the water to it was a little more work than we were prepared for right now. Thanks for your sweet comment! Angie

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